Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK was one of several human rights and humanitarian organisations invited to give written evidence to the International Development Committee of the British Parliament on the Rohingya crisis. All the evidence is now available to read on the Parliament website. Read BCUK’s evidence
Joint Letter: Re: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar District Rohingya Refugee Camps Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejagaon, Dhaka-1215 Bangladesh April 2, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, As authorities around the world struggle to cope with the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that States act to protect …
The United Nations’ top court has ordered Burma to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, reports the New York based Associated Press. Anna Roberts, executive director of Burma Campaign UK, called the order “a major blow to Aung San Suu Kyi and her anti-Rohingya policies.” Anna Roberts urged the international …
The New York Times reports on the International Court of Justice at The Hague’s ruling that Burma must take action to protect Rohingya Muslims, who have been killed and driven from their homes in what the country’s accusers call a campaign of genocide. The decision is the first international court ruling against Burma over its …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Myanmar’s deeply flawed investigation into human rights abuses in Rakhine State is another attempt to whitewash the Tatmadaw’ s brutal violence against the Rohingya, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. The Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) today announced that its investigation into the Tatmadaw’ s “clearance operation” …
The British government has publicly welcomed the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), having previously avoided expressing support for the case. The Gambia brought forward charges of genocide of the Rohingya to the court and the first hearings were held in December 2019. In answers to Parliamentary Questions on 9th of …
The TV channel Rohingya Vision interviewed Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, following Western Union’s decision to drop military Myawaddy Bank as its agent as a result of BCUK’s Dirty List campaign. Watch YouTube clip
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The International Court of Justice (ICJ) must act on the powerful arguments by The Gambia’s legal team and immediately impose strong provisional measures to end Myanmar’s genocide against the Rohingya, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. Today, hearings concluded in the Hague over the genocide case brought …
Myanmar Now reports that a popular American brewery with “ethical credentials”, the New Belgium Brewery, is voting on whether to sell up to a a subsidiary of Kirin, a company accused of funding the Burmese military’s abuses against ethnic minorities. Kirin is on Burma Campaign UK’s Dirty List for partnering with Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited, …
Byline Times reports on the lawsuit that has just been filed by the Gambia with the UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, formally accusing Burma of genocide. “To date, the international community has pretty much ignored all the recommendations of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission,” Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, …